新编剑桥商务英语(高级)第三版

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1.1 Working life

1

What does this quotation mean to you?

`Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.'

john Lennon, English singer& song writer (1940-19830)

2

Discuss these questions.

1

How many jobs do you expect to have in your life ? 1-3

4-7

8or more

2 Would you prefer to be self-employed or an employee? Why ?

3 in fifteen

years’ time

, do you expect to work more or less than now ?

4 at what age do you expect to stop working ? 55

65

75

3Underline tire best word to complete each sentence.

1

At the moment, people generally retire/resign at 65

2

I

joined/applied

for

the

company

when

I

was

25

and

have

worked

there

ever since

3

What's the best way to pay/reward our employees for good performance?

4 About 700 staff were laid off/dismissed when the company lost the contract to

supply Toyota

5

We have educated/trained our staff in the use of laser equipment.

6 I'm going to leave/change the company at the end of the year.

7

E and C Consultants recruits/employs from the top business schools.

8

Companies

need

to

offer

parents

of

young

children

more

flexible/overtime

hours-

9 they used only to offer permanent posts, but now most new contracts are

temporary/part-time ones.

10

I have one day off/ holiday a week to attend a course at college.

4

Make sentences with the words you didnt use in Exercise 3.

5

Make nouns from thefollowing verbs.

verb

noun

verb

noun

1 employ

6 recruit

2 promote

7 apply

3 retire

8 dismiss

4 resign

9 pay

5 train

10 reward

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Attitude to work

6

Do you think that people starting work now have a different attitude to work than

their parents did? if so, in what ways?

7

Look

at

the

newspaper

article

and

read

the

title.

What

does

the

title

suggest

to

you?

Read the article arid check if you were r fight.

Young workers

Want it all, now

Oh, and they

’

ll need to take next Friday off ,too

TETROIT

一

Kurt Jennings, hoping to start a career in radio sales, thought he

was prepared to answer any question during his recent interview. Then the

radio

executive

opened

the

interview

with,

`So,

we

call

you

guys

the Entitlement Generation

There is an impression that the current generation of young workers has high

expectations

for

salary,

responsibility

and job flexibility, but little appetite

for hard work and little sense of loyalty to a company

`A

lot

of

twenty- somethings

have

a

hard

time

making

the

transition

to

work typically Kids who've had success early in life and who've become used to

getting instant

gratification,'

says

Dr.

Levi Cohen, a peadiatrics professor.

He says that coddling parents and colleges often fail to prepare students for the

realities of adulthood and working life.

Many

employers,

from

corporate executives to restaurateurs, agree.

`It seems they expect to hove in then first week everything that the veteran has

worked 20 or 30 years to earn,' says Mike Amor, the owner of a Salt Lake

City chain of restaurants.

Kurt had this reply 'for his interviewee at the radio station:

`Maybe we were

spoiled by your Generation. But

think we're deserving if we're doing to go out there and break our backs for you'?

Yes..'

He ended up getting the-job.

But some experts say that' having high

expectations, and tellin}} your boss what they are, isn't necessarily a bad thing.

`It's

true

they're

not

all

rushing

to

bury

themselves

in

a

cubicle

a}

记

follow

orders

for

the

next

40

years,

but

why

on

earth

should

they?'

asks

.leaf

Bartlctt,

a

University of Carolina psychologist

8

Do you think the younger generation is spoiled and expects too much? .or do

you think the older generation sacrificed their lives (and fun in their lives) for work?

9

What do the following phrases from the text mean?

1 little appetite for hard work

2 twenty-somethings

3 instant gratification

4 coddling parents and colleges

5 we were spoiled by your generation

6 break our backs for you

7 bury themselves in a cubicle

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Gerund and infinitive

1 Which of the verbs or phrases in the box take the gerund (-ing) and which ones

take to infinitive (to do)?

Be good at

plan/intend /aim

be worth

fail

be reluctant

have trouble/difficulty

hope/expect

manage

succeed in

decide

think about/consider

enjoy

avoid

involve

have

be used to/accustomed to

be willing/prepared

2

Which

of

the

following

pairs

of

phrases

is

the

odd

one

out

grammatically?

Why?

1 be good at

一

be bad at

2 be willing

一

be reluctant

3 succeed in

一

fail

4 enjoy

一

dislike

3

Complete these sentences.

0 when I retire, I plan to do some voluntary work for charity

1

When I retire, I plan…

2

I think I'm quite good at…

3

Before attending a job interview

, it's worth…

4

My job involves…

5

When speaking English, I often have difficulty…

6

At work I feel satisfied if I manage…

7

For my summer holiday this year, I am considering…

8

If I was offered more money, I would be willing…

9

The hardest thing abo

ut starting a new job is getting used to…

10

I get annoyed with colleagues if they fail…

4 Choose five of the phrases

working life.

in exercise 1 and make sentences about your own working life

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